By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  May 14th at 03:00 PM  | 

Progressive nonprofit Great Education Colorado claims to be the most effective education advocacy group in the state, but less than 30 percent of Great Education’s funding actually finds its way to education campaigns and issues. The small amount spent on education has supported initiatives that would drastically raise taxes on Coloradans. According to Great Education Colorado’s publicly available IRS 990 reports, $120,000 – 55 percent | Read More »

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  May 9th at 01:00 PM  | 

Allies of Colorado Senate President John Morse (D-Colorado Springs), who faces a potential recall election because of his unpopular support of strict gun control measures, recently launched a misleading website along with a series of robocalls and radio ads labeling recall petitioners as frauds and criminals.

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  May 3rd at 12:30 PM  | 

The Colorado State House voted last Thursday to approve a multi-billion dollar Medicaid expansion for the state of Colorado. Colorado’s Medicaid healthcare program is administered by the state, but jointly financed with the federal government. The expansion takes advantage of provisions in President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, the Patient Provider and Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. While Medicaid currently consumes more than 20% | Read More »

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  May 2nd at 05:00 PM  | 

Backers of a bill that would mandate mail-in ballot elections as the standard for Colorado claim that the legislation would increase voter participation, despite empirical data to the contrary. HB 1303, known as the Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act, is a partisan election-law overhaul drafted by Colorado’s far left groups such as Common Cause and Progressive Coalition, along with big labor union groups like AFSCME and | Read More »

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  April 25th at 06:30 PM  | 

Colorado State Senator Morgan Carroll (D-Aurora), who was hired as a trial lawyer in January and has a history as a practicing attorney, has sponsored and provided vocal support for legislation that could directly benefit trial lawyers in Colorado. In what is possibly a rather large conflict of interest, Carroll has signed on as a primary sponsor to House Bill 1336, which is currently being debated on the Senate floor and is backed by lobbyists from top law firms in the state.

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  April 17th at 03:00 PM  | 

A push for government provided healthcare that extends beyond President Obama’s Affordable Care Act is in the works in Colorado.

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  April 16th at 04:00 PM  | 

Opponents of Douglas County’s Choice Scholarship Program (CSP) have filed an appeal and petitioned for the school choice case to be heard by the Colorado Supreme Court, a month after a significant defeat in the Colorado Court of Appeals. A total of 93 pages of documents were filed with the Supreme Court on Thursday, the deadline for a petition to be submitted to the state’s highest court | Read More »

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  March 27th at 06:30 PM  | 

Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division (MMED) failed to pass a state audit it faced earlier this month, as the auditor’s report revealed wasteful spending on purchases including furniture, electronics, and vehicles. Beyond the frivolous spending, the audit also highlighted nineteen consecutive months where MMED’s expenses far exceeded its revenues despite a large influx of public tax revenue allocated to the Division. A total of 89 pages | Read More »

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  March 22nd at 03:00 PM  | 

In the aftermath of whatever it was that happened to Republicans in the 2012 election cycle, a strong consensus emerged that building and maintaining a better infrastructure was a priori for conservatives and the overall ground game of the right. Patrick Davis and his newly formed Republican Union PAC agreed and began to blaze that trail even before the losses in November, working to give Republicans a head start | Read More »

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  March 7th at 10:00 AM  | 

A key Colorado lawmaker behind Democratic efforts to increase gun restrictions in the state has a more extensive criminal record than was previously reported according to court records.

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  March 6th at 08:00 PM  | 

According to a Colorado Bureau of Investigations report obtained by Media Trackers, State Representative Rhonda Fields (D-Aurora) was arrested in 1976 on a charge of larceny and again in 1991 on a charge of shoplifting.

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  March 5th at 12:00 PM  | 

New Era Colorado, a progressive youth-oriented political activist group known for its crude marketing tactics last election cycle, is now using sex to market to potential college-aged voters.

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  February 28th at 02:00 PM  | 

A Denver Court of Appeals has overturned every count of a local District Court’s earlier ruling against the Douglas County School District’s (DCSD) Choice Scholarship Program (CSP) this morning. While the court rejected the Plaintiff’s standing to bring any statutory challenge, it did recognize the Plaintiff’s standing to bring a constitutional challenge – which the court promptly found had no merit.

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  February 19th at 12:51 PM  | 

While debating a bill on the Colorado house floor that would ban all firearms from Colorado university campuses, freshman lawmaker Joe Salazar (D-Thorton) suggested female college students should not have guns because they may shoot a non-rapist due to an irrational fear of being raped.

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  February 12th at 02:00 PM  | 

Union activists opposed to Douglas County’s innovative school board have claimed the Douglas County School District (DCSD) has ruined the local housing market, despite record home sales and increased property value within the county.

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  February 5th at 05:00 PM  | 

Coloradans serviced by Xcel Energy were responsible for nearly half of the company’s profits in 2012 due to rate hikes implemented last May. According to Xcel’s 2012 Year End Earnings Report released last week, Coloradans who purchased energy from Xcel paid higher rates and helped boost the company’s profit to a record $905 million dollars. Though Xcel is based in Minneapolis and serves seven states | Read More »

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  January 29th at 01:59 PM  | 

A 2012 performance review of the The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) revealed several disturbing findings by the State Auditor last month, which included a non-existent accounting system for CEO’s 34 programs, a runaway budget, and staff who had no knowledge of program goals or standards.

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  October 23rd at 04:22 PM  | 

The Colorado Accountable Government Alliance (CAGA) has accounted for a surge of liberal financial, organizational, and strategic support as the November elections approach, a Media Trackers investigation of campaign finance data reveals.

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  October 17th at 06:30 PM  | 

Tim Gill’s latest liberal political “527″ creation recently came under heavy fire from candidates across the state on both sides of the aisle for approving what are being billed as slanderous hit pieces and political bullying tactics.

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  October 10th at 06:30 PM  | 

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  October 9th at 01:18 PM  | 

(Colo.) Despite numerous pledges on the campaign trail to end partisanship and politics-as-usual, state representative Andy Kerr voted with his party 100 percent of the time on Democratic legislation that was brought to the floor for a final vote.

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  September 20th at 05:30 PM  | 

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  September 13th at 12:24 PM  | 

A MoveOn.org petition launched last week attacking the Douglas County Board of Education has received scant attention, with the bulk of signatures coming from people who do not even live in Douglas County.  The majority of signatures collected so far have come from people who either live outside the county or outside the state.  The petition, which was posted by retired teacher Mike Dubrovich using MoveOn.org’s | Read More »

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  August 7th at 03:32 PM  | 

A popular liberal group that repeatedly failed to file required disclosure reports in a timely manner is now backing an effort to reform campaign finance laws in Colorado and around the country. The local chapter of Common Cause, a liberal non-profit that has funneled cash to liberal causes and candidates in the state for nearly a decade, recently launched a new issue-based campaign to demand | Read More »

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  August 6th at 02:30 PM  | 

Promoted from diaries. A top member of the University of Colorado Board of Regents is receiving a near six-figure paycheck in addition to being eligible for a six-figure pension for state employees, both paid for by Colorado taxpayers.  Irene Griego, who was sworn in to her position as a regent in December of 2011, spent 38 years as a public educator prior to joining the | Read More »